Medicalization and citizenship dr. Christian Bröer

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Biggest critique on medicalization:

Focusses too much on the individual and that there is something medically wrong with this person and it should be treated, however, it might be a societal problem; how society is perceiving this problem or 'how it should be' and diversity is denied by that. Therefor, medicalization is not (always) the right answer to physical or mental indifferences.
  • For example: body hight - measured against 'average' and expectations; seen as medical prblem:medicalized.

Climate change being medicalized

Focussing on health effects of climate change is medicalizing climate change, while neglecting effects on political or economic components.

Engines of medicalization (Conrad, 2005)

In long run we need to go beyond social medicalization and look at biology.
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Health care Netherlands

Hospitalized: also just a visit/day treatment.
Medication increased. Marketized presciption drugs is underlying reason too.
Perceived health has not improved.
we do a lot to increase health but health in long term has not improved for anyone.

Depression in everyday life

There is a norm of being happy. Problemetize depression when people have mild symptoms.

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